Without the Internet, if you wanted to know the specific situation of a company, you would mainly have to look at the information it released to the public.
If someone gets the news early, it is easy for them to seize the initiative in the stock market, engage in insider trading, and thereby reap huge profits.
Especially on Wall Street, from time to time you can hear news that a financial tycoon has been arrested for this.
Also because of the poor flow of information, many companies like to plant commercial spies in their competitors' companies to obtain first-hand information in order to prevent themselves from being at a disadvantage or being caught off guard when competing with each other. This practice has almost become an unspoken rule in the business world.
For example, Panasonic, a well-known Japanese multinational corporation and competitor of Duracell's battery business, has spies in the North American division of its battery business among Duracell's middle-level managers.
Recently, a seemingly insignificant piece of news reached the ears of the North American head of Panasonic's dry cell battery business, saying that Duracell's CEO recently planned to acquire a new battery patent, but was later rejected by the small company in Los Angeles.
Judging from the information sent by the informant, it seems to be quite advanced, which attracted the attention of the branch manager Tomohisa Oguri, who arranged for the employees in Los Angeles to start investigating and find out the details.
Han Chudong has been entertaining himself until now, and has accumulated some capital that other companies are eyeing.
In fact, there are many colleagues who are interested in Mango Toys.
If the sales rights in each state had not been taken away by agents, causing the toy giants to lose interest, someone would have come to him to discuss cooperation or acquisition.
The trend of giantization in all walks of life is intensifying.
Whichever company grows and develops first will use its financial advantage to suppress its competitors, or directly choose to acquire them, commonly known as the big fish eat the small fish.
A large number of small and medium-sized enterprises that were originally very promising could not resist the carrot and stick policy and became the nutrients for the giant companies to grow and develop again.
Panasonic's dry cell battery business was born in 1931, but fell behind in the subsequent shuffle with the emergence of alkaline dry cells.
Seeing a new product that seemed to be quite good, Tomohisa Oguri would naturally pay attention to it. He believed in the vision of Duracell executives and thought that since they had proposed an acquisition, it must have some advantages, so he didn't mind spending a little time paying attention to it.
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There is still more than a month until I turn twenty.
The young body is full of energy. Just a few days after falling ill, Han Chudong was full of energy again and devoted himself to the facial mask project of Rainbow Beauty Company.
Mr. Clifton Netter, who specializes in providing enterprise-level services, is still helping him find suitable acquisition targets.
Even though he is currently short of funds, he has not stopped the investigation work. After all, it doesn't cost much just to investigate and collect information. He wants to make preparations in advance. Once the facial mask is on the market and the cash flow is sufficient, he can accelerate the expansion and enrich the product line through mergers and acquisitions.
Selling facial masks is selling, and selling other skin care products and cosmetics are also selling, so why waste sales channels?
Han Chudong never told anyone that he actually attached great importance to the female consumer goods market.
People often say that highly profitable industries are written in the criminal law. The markets for cosmetics, skin care products, shoes, bags, and jewelry are all legal but very profitable businesses.
The IC industry has just started, and so has the IT industry. There is still some time before the right time to place a heavy bet. We can free up our energy to work on other core businesses and try to earn more money for investment and growth.
With the thought of getting rich in my head, even if I am physically tired, I am mentally full of a sense of accomplishment.
Once people have an ideal to pursue, they will be as motivated as Han Chudong.
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It is not yet known whether another force has set its sights on Mason Battery's technical patents.
January 25th, 1974.
Mr. Matthew Russell of Marvel Comics asked Han Chudong to come out and meet near Echo Park.
It is a middle place that is not too far from the city center and not too far from the Marvel branch, so that one party doesn't waste time going back and forth.
Mr. Russell brought a comic screenwriter and two young cartoonists. After the meeting, he showed Han Chudong the revised script and character images. The story is set in Los Angeles. Compared with the original version, it has been changed beyond recognition, but the main line of each team striving for the first place has not changed. The protagonist is named Sydney, and he has a brother named Gordie.
From regional competitions to state competitions, and then to national competitions, there will be absolutely no problem in drawing fifty books. Then we can decide whether to hold the world competition based on the sales.
The background was all set up, and Han Chudong couldn't find any major problems. If spending tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars could increase the sales of toy four-wheel drive racing cars, he would definitely make money, and he would be willing to spend the money.
To take a step back, if sales are not good, we can just give up at any time, as the contract only states that a minimum order of ten copies is required.
This is undoubtedly more beneficial to Han Chudong because Marvel Comics wants to form a cooperative relationship with him in the toy market, and he is also willing to purchase advertising space in Marvel comics.
There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!
Rather than breaking up over a little money, maintaining a cooperative relationship is beneficial to both parties. After strength gradually accumulates, many things become much easier.
"Are you sure it's okay to follow this outline?"
Mr. Russell had just finished asking when he saw Han Chudong nod. He continued, "Then after the lawyer has drafted the contract, I will send it to you via fax. Just sign it and mail it to me."
They met in a restaurant, a high-end fried chicken and pizza place with a comfortable-looking decor.
The meeting place was chosen randomly. Han Chudong and Matthew Russell already knew each other and had a mutual friend, Thomas, so there was no need to pursue these things too deliberately.
At this time, a young girl with a guitar on her back walked into the store and ordered a pizza.
After the pizza was ready, she told the cashier, "Sir, I haven't eaten all day. How about I sing a song for you as payment for this pizza?"
After saying that, he really picked up the guitar and listened to the tune he played. It seemed to be "Take Me Home, Country Roads". Han Chudong often heard it from the car radio when he was driving.
But the restaurant owner never gave her the chance to start singing.
With a look of annoyance on his face, he waved his hands as if to shoo away a fly and said, "Don't interrupt my business! You come in without money, do you think this is a church welfare house?! Get out, get out now!"
After saying that, he threw the freshly made pizza directly into the trash can. He didn't care about the production cost of this pizza, but he just didn't want the girl in front of him to exchange a song for a pizza from his store.
Seeing the restaurant owner's actions, the girl froze and the sound of the guitar stopped abruptly.
He paused for a moment, then walked out without saying a word, carrying his worn-out old guitar.
She happened to pass by the window, and Han Chudong saw her appearance clearly. She was not very pretty, just a relatively young Latin girl, who was wiping her tears with her hands.
I thought the pizza tasted pretty good, but considering the attitude of the store, it tasted like chewing wax...